Girl of the Month is a photograph by Jon Burch Photography which was uploaded on February 10th, 2013.
Girl of the Month
Close view of the USS Bowfin's Varga Girl. Artist Alberto Vargas became famous for his WWII watercolors depicting beautiful pin-up girls. Varga... more
Title
Girl of the Month
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Jon Burch Photography
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Photograph - Digital Capture/faa Watermark Will Not Appear On The Final Image.
Description
Close view of the USS Bowfin's Varga Girl. Artist Alberto Vargas became famous for his WWII watercolors depicting beautiful pin-up girls. "Varga girls" were so popular that many different artists imitated Vargas' technique and approach to the female figure: an idealized female form eliciting sensuality and seduction.
During the 1940's his work was a hit among enlisted men who drew inspiration from them which inadvertently created high morale. The military was so influenced by this art that they adorned their vessels with it. Many military aircraft had Varga style girls decorating the nose of their planes, Varga girls were even printed on greeting cards and sent to enlisted men by their sweethearts. Inside the engine room aboard USS Bowfin, the crew posted a 1943 Vargas calendar, on which they doodled, wrote notes, and recorded their conquests of the sea. -Wikki
The WWII submarine USS Bowfin is currently moored in Pearl Harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Photograph copyright Jon Burch Photography
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February 10th, 2013